Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sparkman King, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Sparkman King registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Sparkman King
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sparkman King
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named King in Galveston County
- Hubert Kingreached Texas about 1844
- John Kingborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1866
- Primas Kingreached Texas about 1865
Kings elsewhere in Texas
Variations of King
- Kinching 6
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 27 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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